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Dustin Colquitt emulated his father Craig by not just becoming an NFL punter but a Super Bowl champion, with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020.<\/p>\n
Colquitt spent 15 seasons with the Chiefs, setting the franchise record for most games (238), but he grew up dreaming of playing in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
He played football at high school, earning college scholarship offers, and remains a big football fan.<\/p>\n
He remembers cheering on Kane during World Cup games and, asked if the ex-Tottenham striker could become an NFL kicker, Colquitt told BBC Sport: “Absolutely, if he focused on it. He would do fantastic. I’ve seen some of his finishing skills.<\/p>\n
“I would love to actually work with him just because I love soccer, and his excitement. He’s seeking this out – that’s part of the fibre of his being, that he wants to try this NFL thing.”<\/p>\n
Almost always, a team’s punter holds the ball in place for kickers. As Colquitt puts it, a punter “holds the kicker’s job literally in his hands” and “if you have a bad hold, really bad things happen”.<\/p>\n
So if and when Kane begins to practise kicking, he needs an experienced holder, otherwise his bid to become a two-sport athlete could be over before it has truly begun.<\/p>\n
“The guy that holds for those field goals, that is extremely important – knowing where the laces [on the ball] are, if you’ve got wind,” Colquitt said.<\/p>\n
“So when he’s ready, I’m ready.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n